ReutersTexas shale challenges North Sea crude as world oil benchmarkReutersAbout 310 million U.S. crude futures contracts - worth about $16 trillion in oil - changed hands on CME's New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) in 2017, far more than the about 2 …

The Daily BreezeCalifornia taxpayers could foot the bill to shutter old oil rigs in the PacificThe Daily BreezeIt's been nearly three years since an oil pipeline ruptured in Santa Barbara County, coating seven miles of beaches with crude oil and killin …

U.S. News & World ReportMexico Presidential Favorite Repeats Call to Review Oil Tender ResultsU.S. News & World ReportLeftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential pre-candidate for of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), looks on …

ReutersUS oil prices extend gains on compliance with output cutsReutersbTOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. oil rose for a third day on Friday after a survey showed strong compliance with output cuts by OPEC and others including Russia, offsetting concerns about surgin …

CBSSports.comPhiladelphia is reportedly upgrading to gear oil to grease city's poles during Super BowlCBSSports.comThat's the news out of Philadelphia this week, where they're trying to minimize the damage that fans can do to the city (and them …

Financial TimesBuoyant oil prices withstand near-record US productionFinancial TimesUS crude oil production surpassing 10m barrels a day has cemented the country's return as a bona fide energy superpower, with the shale oil revolution helping double ou …

MarketWatchOil climbs as Goldman says market has reached supply and demand balanceMarketWatchOil prices climbed Thursday, after Goldman Sachs said the market has likely reached a balance between supply and demand, and forecast Brent crude to trade above $8 …

ReutersOil rises as OPEC compliance eclipses boom in US outputReuters“As oil prices rise, higher shale output is definitely on the market's mind,” said Tomomichi Akuta, senior economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting in Tokyo. Output by the …

ReutersShell poised to dethrone Exxon in oil titans' cash clashReutersAs a result Shell can now generate more cash than it did with oil prices above $100 a barrel and in November it raised its cash flow outlook from $25 billion to $30 billion by 2020, …

ReutersOil extends gains on robust OPEC complianceReutersU.S. crude oil production in November surpassed 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, and neared the all-time output record, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesda …